SINGAPORE’S exports continued to record growth in November, but has eased from October’s stellar showing due to high base effects from a year ago. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) rose 9.1 per cent in November from a year ago, down from the revised 20.5 per cent growth seen in October. November’s NODX still beat Reuters economist […]
Read MoreTHAI Beverage Public Co’s (ThaiBev) Vietnamese drinks unit has registered to bid for a 53.59 per cent stake in Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Joint Stock Corp (Sabeco), and will price its bid by 3pm on Monday, Singapore time, the food and drink group announced before today’s market opening. ThaiBev’s associated company, Vietnam Beverage, had earlier indicated its […]
Read MoreVIENTIANE – Vietnamese businesses see Laos as an attractive destination and will continue to invest in the country despite a slowdown in outbound investment, Planning and Investment Minister Nguyen Chi Dung said on Saturday. Dung, also Chairman of the Vietnam-Laos Co-operation Committee, told Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith in Vientiane that Vietnamese firms hope for continued […]
Read MoreSocfin Cambodia, the local branch of a Europe-based international rubber producing company that currently operates a 7,500-hectare rubber plantation in Mondulkiri, has announced plans to open the doors to its first rubber factory next April, with an initial investment of $5.7 million, a company executive said last week. Jef Boedt, general manager of Socfin Cambodia, […]
Read MoreThe country’s foreign debt stock fell to $72.36 billion in the third quarter of 2017, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Friday, down $5.6 billion from a year earlier. Compared to the previous quarter, outstanding external debt was $125 million less, largely due to $805 million in net repayments — mostly by the […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Alibaba Group has concluded its two-week B2B e-commerce training programme in Malaysia, which aimed to provide Malaysian SMEs with the knowledge and tools to succeed in global trade. The programme was offered by Alibaba Business School, conducted by the B2B platform Alibaba.com and supported by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and the […]
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